Lenna Himmelstein | Kitsap Sun Justin Murphy, of Seabeck, looks at the mess in front of his home caused by flooding waters from a nearby hillside. Murphy and his neighbors were using what they could to stop the water from entering their homes, even skateboards and garbage cans.

Lenna Himmelstein | Kitsap Sun Mandy Huson smiles even as her husband, Chris, uses anything available to stop floodwater from entering their home Monday on Holly Road in Seabeck.

Carolyn J. Yaschur | Kitsap Sun Craig Kettel retrieves items from his house on Northlake Way and Taylor St., which was flooded from Chico Creek and other creeks, Monday. The first floor of his home has five feet of water in it. Kettel bought this house less than four years ago and was not told it is in a flood zone.

Carolyn J. Yaschur | Kitsap Sun Craig Kettel retrieves items from his house on Northlake Way and Taylor St., which was flooded from Chico Creek and other creeks, Monday. The first floor of his home has five feet of water in it. Kettel bought this house less than four years ago and was not told it is in a flood zone.

Carolyn J. Yaschur | Kitsap Sun A "Water over Roadway" sign is submerged under the flooding on Dibb St. in Bremerton.

Carolyn J. Yaschur | Kitsap Sun Bryan Harmeling of Bremerton stands up a sign warning motorists of severe flooding on Dibb St. in Bremerton. Harmeling stood in the street to warn motorists to drive slowly through the flood to protect his mother's house from being washed over from the wake.

Carolyn J. Yaschur | Kitsap Sun A car makes its way through the flooding on Sixth St., near Montgomery St. in Bremerton around 10 a.m., Monday.

Larry Steagall | Kitsap Sun A man waits to be rescued after getting stuck in the deep water in front of Bremerton junior High School Monday. He eventually walked out with the help of the man on the left.

Photo by Larry Steagall Illahee Road washed out Monday afternoon.

Rachel Pritchett | Kitsap Sun After mud and debris fell onto Country Club Road on Bainbridge Island Monday, the road was open only to local traffic.

Rachel Pritchett | Kitsap Sun This home at the corner of High School and Fletcher Bay roads is surrounded by admired gardens, but on Monday all were under water. Bainbridge police performed traffic control at the flooded intersection.

Derek Sheppard | Kitsap Sun Sixteen-year-old Steven Dennis (right) and Brady Krukar, 15, of Kingston horse around in a large puddle in the middle of 7th Avenue through the Poulsbo Village shopping center.

Derek Sheppard | Kitsap Sun Brian Bignold watches as two of his sons, 6-year-old Lewis and 3-year-old Eddie, play in pools created on the family's driving range at Kingston Country Greens. Bignold said he'd considered making one of the holes (the yellow flag in the background.) an island green. At least for a day, Mother Nature did it for him.

Steve Zugschwerdt | Kitsap Sun A city worker from Port Orchard drags a tarp along a twenty foot deep sinkhole that opened up Monday afternoon in the parking lot of the Hi-Joy Bowl in Port Orchard.

Steve Zugschwerdt | Kitsap Sun Bay Street in downtown Port Orchard was flooded Monday, forcing most businessed on both sides of the street to close.

Steve Zugschwerdt | Kitsap Sun Dan Newcomer recognized that the best way to get to Belfair on the North Shore Road was to walk across the bridge over a swollen Union River which had already claimed a car that attempted the crossing.

Steve Zugschwerdt | Kitsap Sun An unidentified motorist took the best way out of his car after it stalled while crossing the Union River bridge on the North Shore Road just South of Belfair. On top of his car is a pet cockatoo he was taking to the vet.

Steve Zugschwerdt | Kitsap Sun Mason County dive rescuers Trevor Severance, left and Todd Robbins struggle to bring a person stranded in his truck to safety Monday afternoon in Belfair. The motorist, traveling with his dog, failed in his attempt to cross the swollen Union River on the North Shore Road just South of Belfair. The man was brought to safety and rescuers returned to save his dog.